SUMMON "Fallen" [Picture LP]
Death/Black Metal. Lmd. 500. SUMMON return with their Sixth studio album and most accomplished work to date. "Fallen" is a collection of immediately memorable thrash anthems that do not sacrifice intensity. Recorded at Hellion Studios (Cephalic Carnage) and featuring gatefold cover art by Petagno (Motorhead), "Fallen" is the culmination of 15 years of writing, recording, and touring that undeniably proves SUMMON are America's premier Thrash Metal act! [Moribund]

BLOOD RITUAL "Black Grimoire" [Picture LP]
Satanic Death Metal, Ltd. 500. The most anticipated Death Metal record of the decade is unleashed! Rarely does music aspire beyond the physical, for that which lies beyond - offering an experience for the listener. The enigmatic BLOOD RITUAL does exactly that. A decade in the waiting/making, "Black Grimoire" breathes the supernatural. With "Black Grimoire", BLOOD RITUAL sets a new standard for melodic American Death Metal! [Moribund]

CD:
SOULCIDE - The Warshadows [CD]
Raw Black Metal. So long-waited after harsh debut Black Metal orthodox from Palessie strickes with full-length. So dirty and raw... recording in professional studio just helped to create such ugly sound. Dedicated to the dead ghosts of War. Kill every christian, eat the hearts of the enemies. mp3. [Possession]

NAV' - From Nav to Jav [CD, digipack]
Black Metal. Two first demos of the band that doesnt need to be presented. A new album has recently come out, and we offer to enjoy the first works of NAV. Speedy, ruthless Heathen Black Metal where every riff breathes of winter and coldness. "From Nav to Jav" (1996) and "A Hymn to Cold Silence" (1997) on one CD. Only limited digi version. [Assault]

SATANAKOZEL - Rogatiya [CD]
Viking/Folk Black Metal. An impressive, well produced debut album of Pagan/Folk metal straight from the heart of Russian Karelia. If you can stand just a couple of Finntroll rip-off riffs, the rest here is pure gold! For the fans of Metsatoll, Ensiferum and alikes. Comes with a 8-page fully coloured booklet. Myspace. [Varjot]

BAK DE SYV FJELL (NOR) "Bak De Syv Fjell" [mCD] (4pt*)
Masterpiece of Norse Pagan Black Metal in the true spirit of 90's (STORM, ULVER, BORKNAGAR) finally re-released on MCD. Includes the members and the ex-members of WARDRUNA, GORGOROTH, HADES, DET HEDENSKE FOLK, JOTUNSPUR and SAHG. Behind the Seventh Mountain, where the northwind sings it's pride. [Stellar Winter rex]
*due to high royalty and release cost trade rate not as miniCD (3 pt) but as regular CD (4 pt).

Krieg - Patrick Bateman [mCD*] (4pt*)
Black Metal. Reissue of USBM classics. Krieg have accomplished yet another defiant landmark in the realm of musical expectations for black metal. The liner notes speak for themselves most accurately – the music in the spirit of greed, decadence and disgust that resides in every man… The soundtrack of a psychopath… [Inferna Profundus Records]
*due to high royalty and release cost trade rate not as miniCD (3 pt) but as regular CD (4 pt).

HELVETESPINE (NOR) "Frykten og Mennesket"
Painful, Distant and Dismal Black Metal from Norway, with it's etherial, cold and melancholic atmosphere similiar to STRID, FORGOTTEN WOODS and NARGAROTH's most haunted creations. A nightmare passage through the depression and torment. This is the long awaited return of the hateful spirit behind the dead ex-MARERITT project. [Stellar Winter rex]

ULVHEDNER - For I Tida
Striking with their 2nd album band performs Norwegian Black Metal based on classic traditions. Album was composed around mysterious fjords & woods in the vein of WINDIR, STORM, OTYG. It brings many excellent solo melodies, powerful guitar riffs, clean vocals. Recorded & mastered by Ese from VREID. [Frostscald]

Industrial and Folk CD:
Goatpsalm - Sonic Desterilization of Light [CD, digi]
Death Industrial|Ritual|Dark Ambient. Immersion in HELL. Slow and measured soundtrack for meditation on impermanence of existence and correctness of the chosen path. Iron clang and rattle, generously flavored with ambiences and nervous guitars, squeezes your psyche. A fascinating walk through the halls without light and life. Horror Death Industrial. First ritual. No turning back. For fans of ABRUPTUM and BEHERIT’s electronic trips. [Assault]

Karna - Circle of Nav [CD]
Dark Ambient|Industrial. Subjective: one of the best albums of this project, created by KARNA ever. The first and absolutely otherworldly, lost and lifeless piece of the TRIPTYCH. The labyrinth without exit … a life without meaning, moving shadows, embodied in a cruel, cold and dark Industrial/Harsh/Ambient monument. Shuffles razors, destroys the sounds and summoning otherworldly voices. Cemetery of hopes. For fans of ABRUPTUM, BEHERIT and VELEHENTOR. [Assault]

Vedan Kolod - Tribes
Best Slavonic Pagan Folk/Ambient band! First album.
“Vedan Kolod” in it’s creative work gives own but based on the last investigations and analysis of archaeologists and folklore specialists, interpretation of events in ancient, pagan Russia before Christian’s coming. “Vedan Kolod” shows the culture of original Russian traditions and songs in author’s working. During the time of its existence, “Vedan Kolod” had revived numerous almost forgotten Russian Folk instruments – gusli, okarina, Slavonic drums, Scythian horn, sharkuncy and other, - restored and reconstructed by musical Master Valerii Naryshkin.
All this ancient kinds of instruments are used actually in a program of band, as a low throat style of singing which was existed in Ancient Russia. All songs played without any electronic processing just alive sound. Slavonic ethno-band "Vedan Kolod" has in its repertoire and author’s songs, stylized as folklore with real historical and legend material.
http://vedan-kolod.ru/music/kasseta-4.html
[Scetis Music]